The comings and goings, Of the LNS-Cincinnati

[Fuski]

The Crew returned to the gate, where Maverick was waiting for them. The crew was briefed on his condition. And the fact that Maverick can confirm that Hunt was with Raven. Still. At that moment in time, The Apollo, Sister ship of the Artemis had came onto scanners. A ship the men had only met once before. Then... There was Chatter.

The Chatter around the Gate

The.Cincinnati: Mav: 'ello, Savitz.
The.Apollo: Savitz: Lookin' for the boss?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Not really. Unless he wants to know how Sylus is doing.
The.Apollo: Savitz: Nah, not really. Hunt, Amy and Raven left for the Omicrons.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Tell me they took Artemis at least...
The.Apollo: Savitz: Negative, the Warhammer.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Oh.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Hrm...
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Even better.
The.Apollo: Savitz: Warhammer's comm tracker was active in the Omicrons last, but the other two went further to Berlin.
The.Apollo: Savitz: Hunt left me a message to relay to Fieldson.
The.Apollo: Savitz: Did that.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Fair 'nuff. We've been keeping up with Sylus. Did Nixie get her bay fixed?
The.Apollo: Savitz: She's in the Omicrons for that reason, actually. Plus a re outfitting.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Good, good. You know, speaking of. I do need to send a message to Hunt.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Let him know that we have Segelinde on board, and Koch was knocking looking for her.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: We told him that she was lost somewhere after leaving Alpha for here, and never showed.
The.Apollo: Savitz: Well.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Hm?
The.Apollo: Savitz: Got Fieldson breathing down my neck over comms about Hunt's whereabouts.
The.Apollo: Savitz: Ain't my fault the man does what he wants.
The.Cincinnati: Wills: You hear about his stand with Raven? *chuckles*
The.Cincinnati: Stevens: Yeah, priceless it is.
The.Apollo: Savitz: Well... *He looks at his monitor.*
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Now now, it's only an assumption. It's not a definite.
The.Apollo: Savitz: He checked into a hotel on New Berlin for two, so if that's what you mean.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Oh... My...
The.Cincinnati: Jimms: L'awdy.
The.Cincinnati: Wills: Can we just assume it to be a positive?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: No, that wouldn't be fair.
The.Apollo: Savitz: Well, Raven and him /have/ been spending a lot of time together. It could be work related.
The.Cincinnati: Jimms: An' th' mate already told us we's was bein too loud while she slept.
The.Cincinnati: Wills: That's doubted at this point.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: You guys jump to so many conclusions.
The.Cincinnati: Ganes: You did too, sir.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Alright. I did. Since you gotta call me out.
The.Apollo: Savitz: Well, he's been to her house a few times, mainly to make sure she's okay.
The.Cincinnati: Stevens: *snarks loudly*
The.Cincinnati: Jimms: Jus' diggin' 'imself a hole, aye?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: I.. I just can't assume he hasn't anymore.
The.Apollo: Savitz: Well... According to his accounts, he's spent a lot of money on weapon components while there.
The.Apollo: Savitz: And if they're in New Berlin, it's pretty safe to assume they're visiting the Buro.
The.Apollo: Savitz: Or, killing that Enfield guy.
The.Cincinnati: Jimms: 'as' just a bunch a hoop t' give 'em a reason t' be there 'n' shufflin' cred's f'er th' lass.
The.Apollo: Savitz: I can wire him through if you want. It'd wake him up if he's sleeping.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Pass. Rather not deal with 'em.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Last thing I need is him waking up grogged. Did that one time, and he almost shot me.
The.Apollo: *Comm tone*

The Apollo really acts on impulse. He went and called up Hunt anyway.

Continued chatter With Hunt over a comm

The.Apollo: *Comm tone*
The.Cincinnati: Stevens: Think he is?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Probably.

*Fabric rustling across a microphone, followed by soft footsteps and a door closing.*

The.Apollo: Hunt: What's up?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: *sighs* He did.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Hello, Jay.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Hey.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Need to have a few words with Lavitz about asking and waiting, instead of asking and doing anyway.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Eh? I wasn't sleeping.
The.Apollo: Hunt: I was working on this.

*He unfurls a piece of paper and points the camera at it.*

The.Apollo: Hunt: It's the engine design for the Dawnbreaker. We took some scans in Vespucci earlier.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Either way, While I got you.
The.Apollo: Hunt: What's up?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Your buddy Koch wanted to speak with us about an agent of his. Loraine.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Yeah, uh, I'm here to talk to him about that.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: We told him that she left from Alpha on her way here, but never showed.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: She's here actually, in Ganes' quarters.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Well, you should /probably/ return her.
The.Apollo: Hunt: According to Koch, Geoff has been doing questionable things.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Regardless, I've got other things to attend to while I'm here.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Mhmm. How's ol' Raven? Hmm?
The.Apollo: Hunt: Sleeping. She got info from Noah about some "Ender of all wars" named Lena, which he got from Ish'tar its self.

(Maverick Raises an eyebrow upon hearing the name Ish'tar.)

The.Apollo: Hunt: I poked Koch about it, and apparently one of his agents met someone named Lena shortly after Ish'tar arrived.
The.Apollo: Hunt: So we're going to be doing some questioning.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: I see. Anything you need us to do for the moment?
The.Apollo: Hunt: Well, Fieldson is on hold on the other line right now, so try to not piss off the Navy, alright?
The.Apollo: Hunt: We'll be relocating to the Taus soon, too.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Very soon.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Anything else?

The.Cincinnati: Jimms: Ya' wolf'd 'er down din' ya, Joshie boy?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Jimmy... No...

The.Apollo: Hunt: What? I don't even know what he said.

The.Cincinnati: Mav: It's not important.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Alright. Stay out of trouble, guys.

The.Cincinnati: Jimms: Ya' dogg'd her! Fess up!
The.Apollo: *Comm tone*

The comm abruptly ends. The captain talks to the crew until another comm comes in.

Chatter on bridge and with Apollo

The.Cincinnati: Mav: You're relentless, Jimmy.
The.Cincinnati: Jimms: An' y'er a puss.

*Jimms sits down, swigging from a flask, laughing*

The.Cincinnati: Mav: So. We leave for the Tau's soon.
The.Cincinnati: Wills: Which means, offing Jack before we go.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Don't. Say his name.
The.Cincinnati: Jimms: Jack!
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Jimmy...
The.Cincinnati: Jimms: Jackie!
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Jimmy.
The.Cincinnati: Jimms: JACK JACK JACKIE JACKST---

*Loud hard hit is heard, and someone falls over, a metal tink followed by a hollow skid of a canister*

The.Cincinnati: Mav: Ganes. Stevens. Take him to 7. Please.
The.Cincinnati: *Sir*.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Calling me a puss... I'll show him...

*A brief pause in the interaction as Savitz works diligently and the crew return.*

The.Cincinnati: Mav: So. What are your orders besides stay out of trouble and handle Fieldson?
The.Apollo: Savitz: Huh?

*Ganes and Stevens return from carrying the unconscious Jimms off the bridge*

The.Apollo: Savitz: He uh, is on the other line with Fieldson right now.
The.Cincinnati: Stevens: So, how do you feel about that Loraine girl, cap?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Non biased. I feel for her I really do...

The.Cincinnati: Ganes: Can we... Not?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: No, Ganes. You're gonna have to hear it.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: I don't think we should keep her on this ship. She'll have to go back sooner or later.
The.Cincinnati: Ganes: But... You don't know why.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Which is more of a reason why we need her off the ship. We can't compromise the 'Nati.
The.Cincinnati: Ganes: I'll compromise myself it means her safety.

*Maverick just looks at Ganes sternly, placing a curled batch of fingers over his chin, not knowing what to say*

The.Cincinnati: Ganes: Permission to speak freely?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: You can always speak freely, Ganes. As if Sylus and Jimms don't already.
The.Cincinnati: Ganes: Right... She's too smart and she's been through enough man.
The.Cincinnati: Ganes: You can't just turn her over and give that guy what he wants. Geoff helped her, based on what she said.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: That is true, but why? There's more to the plot than just a "Change of heart".
The.Cincinnati: Ganes: That's not my point! She's too smart and too valuable!
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Speak with your mind not your damn heart Ganes!
The.Cincinnati: Mav: I understand it's hard for you to see this. But... If we keep an eye on her, maybe she'll have a chance to stay alive.
The.Cincinnati: Ganes: No! I won't let her leave! I can't let you pass her off like some property!
The.Cincinnati: Mav: And you're calling it like she's your property, Ganes. Listen to yourself.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: We have her frequencies. We know where she will be. If she's as smart as you say...
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Then she'll find a way to reach us.

*Ganes stands up from the radar panel and just eyes down Maverick. He clinches his fist, ready to swing, shaking his head side to side, before breaking eye contact and walking away.*

The.Cincinnati: Mav: *Sighs* Savitz, what do you think?
The.Apollo: Savitz: I think, if Koch finds out she's with us, we might lose our connection with Rheinland.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: I knew it.

The.Apollo: *Comm tone*

The.Apollo: Hunt: Hey, hang on a second.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Fieldson's still on.
The.Cincinnati: Stevens: Mav, It's Hunt again.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: *Sighs once more* Yes, Sir.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Alright.
The.Apollo: Hunt: That was awkward.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Well.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Fieldson's going to convince the Fifth to back off.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Anyways, I'm up now, what's up?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Doubted it'll work. Jack's too headstrong.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Anyways, Fieldson is going to /try/ and convince Jack to back off.

The.Cincinnati: Mav: Anyways, Just put one of my crew to bed with a right hand, and got into a disagreement with Ganes.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Jeez, I've been gone for like, five minutes.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: You know not what happens daily on this bridge.

The.Cincinnati: Mav: Jimmy is sloshed, as usual so he has no filter. Ganes is... Heart heavy.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: He "Strongly expressed" Why we shouldn't give Loraine back. But Savitz is right. We can't risk losing our contact with Rheinland.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Yeah, no, It's actually useful to have one house fully supporting us.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Bretonia isn't pitching in, having helped the BIS?
The.Apollo: Hunt: They're skeptical, but they're thankful we helped in Newcastle and Hof. We've got their trust.
The.Apollo: Hunt: But with the war on Gallia they can't really spare much.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: I've got my XO in a god damned Intensive Care Unit still, but we got their trust. /That's/ fantastic.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: I can't be mad at that.... *Maverick repeats to himself- stay calm -and breathes in deeply*
The.Apollo: Hunt: At most, if we need their help, they'll do their best.
The.Apollo: Hunt: But they're facing defeat.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Understandable.

The.Apollo: Hunt: Mav'.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Take this call somewhere secluded, would you?
The.Apollo: Savitz: Not to cut in here, but I just got off the horn with Fieldson.
The.Apollo: Savitz: O'Neil is facing court marshal if he continues to harass us.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Oh, that's lovely.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Anyways.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Right.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Well.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Stevens, Hold it till I get back to the quarters. Patch him in there.
The.Cincinnati: Stevens: Sure.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Savitz, I know it's against protocol, but turn off your ears. Private transmission time.
The.Apollo: Savitz: Understood.

*Brief interlude- Maverick patches feed from Savitz, and bridge of the Nati, into the quarters of Maverick, Bridge feed closes and the crew of the Cincinnati talk on the bridge while the captain is away in his quarters. The talk is private to Hunt and Maverick from down the hall. Wills and Stevens talk amongst themselves on deck and with Savitz.

The.Cincinnati: Mav: Well. Private is private. What's up?
The.Apollo: Hunt: Well, I'm sure you've noticed I've been... More 'lax than usual.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: *Smiles with a half grin* We all have.

The.Cincinnati: Stevens: Wonder what they're talking about.
The.Cincinnati: Wills: Probably about guns 'n stuff.

The.Apollo: *Comm ping*
The.Apollo: Hunt: Oh.

The.Cincinnati: Stevens: Speaking of guns, AR-103, or a 23-4?

The.Cincinnati: Mav: Something coming through?
The.Apollo: Hunt: Fieldson is giving O'Neil a week to try and "hunt you down" or else he is getting court marshalled.

The.Cincinnati: Wills: I like the 103. But the two-thirty-four is so comfortable.

The.Cincinnati: Mav: So we have one week.
The.Apollo: Hunt: We'll be gone in three days.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: That gives us three days to do something about him, I'm assuming.
The.Apollo: Hunt: If you're up to it, yeah.

The.Cincinnati: Stevens: Ewww.. No. I'd take a one-oh-three. Hands down.

The.Apollo: Hunt: Otherwise, his career is stripped from him.

The.Cincinnati: Wills: That thing isn't nearly as accurate.

The.Cincinnati: Stevens: But the action is so much smoother and won't Jam.

The.Cincinnati: Mav: And the ship, be re-used under someone else's control.
The.Apollo: Hunt: The choice falls on to your hands.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Think about it.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Anyways... The whole relaxed thing.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Right. Relaxed. What's up with that?

The.Cincinnati: Wills: Smoother yes, but I'll take the accuracy.

The.Apollo: Hunt: What's up? What's up is that for the first time in four years I'm not tying my toe to the door in case it opens.
The.Apollo: Hunt: I've gotten a good night sleep for once.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Started before I met with Fieldson, actually.

The.Cincinnati: Stevens: Alright, A 103, or the new protypes we saw on Sylus' pad?

The.Apollo: Hunt: Guess it's been almost two weeks.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Oh well.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Hmm.
The.Apollo: Hunt: So, remember when I was taking time off?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: We just assumed you and Raven were doing things between sheets.
The.Apollo: Hunt: WHAT?!

The.Cincinnati: Wills: You hear something?

The.Apollo: Hunt: No.
The.Apollo: Hunt: No no no.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: That's not it?

The.Cincinnati: Stevens: Sounded like someone yelling.

The.Apollo: Hunt: Nope.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Had us fooled!
The.Apollo: Hunt: Not even close.
The.Apollo: Hunt: I mean, we are /pretty/ close.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: That's an understatement. You two make a cute couple.
The.Apollo: Hunt: We've been sharing a bed since yesterday. No, we're not doing things, we've just... Become close.

The.Cincinnati: Wills: Jay yelling at Mav?
The.Cincinnati: Stevens: I don't think so. Those guys are... So... Neutral. It's obsurd.

The.Cincinnati: Mav: At least tell me Cuddle close.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: That'd make my day.
The.Apollo: Hunt: I mean, you're not wrong.
The.Apollo: Hunt: We do /kind/ of cuddle.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: HA!

The.Cincinnati: Wills: There it is again.

The.Apollo: Hunt: But. You can't tell anyone. At all.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Tell anyone what?
The.Apollo: Hunt: About me and Sapphire being close. Emotional attatchments are easily exposed and used as weapons.
The.Apollo: Hunt: If it circulates, people can and most likely will use it against not only me, but her as well.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: That went over your head completely. Regardless.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: I'm a former naval captain. I at least have SOME honor left over. Won't tell anyone anything I "don't know".
The.Apollo: Hunt: That'd put us in a very bad spot.

The.Cincinnati: Stevens: Maybe He is yelling at Mav.
The.Cincinnati: Wills: What do you think he did?

The.Apollo: Hunt: Anyways, we've become closer since she lost here friend.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Her, rather.
The.Apollo: Hunt: I stayed at her house that night to make sure she was alright.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Which friend?
The.Apollo: Hunt: Chris Stone. She had to exile him. He was like a brother to her.

The.Cincinnati: Stevens: Good question. I'm sure he'll tell us once he comes back.

The.Apollo: Hunt: It was that or he was going to be executed.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Any relation to Aelita?
The.Apollo: Hunt: None.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: So name is just a coincidence.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Mhm.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Anyways, she warmed up to me pretty quick.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Something to fill that spot... How cute. *Gags*
The.Apollo: Hunt: Probably.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Ain't got a thing for Females anymore after the wife's gig.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Well, I do. Don't take it wrong.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Yeah, well, she's still just a friend.
The.Apollo: Hunt: A very close friend, but a friend, none-the-lss.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: I got ya, "Fam".
The.Apollo: Hunt: She's my weakness.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: The least I can do is trust you as much as you trust in me.
The.Apollo: Hunt: It's like a protective instinct, you know? I don't want her to get hurt even though she's doing a dangerous job.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Vice versa, too.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Much like how I feel about Segelinde, and Ganes feels much stronger 'bout that than me.

The.Cincinnati: Stevens: Gonna answer the question?
The.Cincinnati: Wills: What was it?

The.Apollo: Hunt: Well, Koch is on our side, and Geoff has been doing some questionable medical things with the Maltese.

The.Cincinnati: Stevens: Protypes or the 103?

The.Apollo: Hunt: SO, anything medically done was done by a nation that worships Nomads.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Hmm... She was able to breathe normal air without pain.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: So it has to be working.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Psych and Bio scans?

The.Cincinnati: Wills: Since I've never fired the prototypes.. I'm not sure.

The.Apollo: Hunt: Abnormal neurological behavior is often a sign of mind tampering.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Bio scans would identify incubi.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Bio seems stable from our reads. Definately hard off the detox on a varient of cardamine.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: We don't have anything for neuro's on the Cinci... yet.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Have Stacker bring a mobi-doc over.

The.Cincinnati: Stevens: Fair 'nuff. Wonder if we can get to the machine shop on 2 and make a couple.

The.Cincinnati: Mav: Where's he at anyway?

The.Cincinnati: Wills: Wait. We have a machine shop?!
The.Cincinnati: Stevens: Yeah. You didn't know?

The.Apollo: Hunt: He took his Prosecutor out for a spin with us earlier. He's doing Logistic stuff to source another cloak.

The.Cincinnati: Wills: I... I did not.

The.Cincinnati: Mav: Logistic? Why not the storks?
The.Apollo: Hunt: He's not sent out the need for funds yet, he's still locating a cloak to buy.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Also.

The.Cincinnati: Stevens: I'll take you down there next time we moore. Sylus showed me.

The.Apollo: Hunt: One other thing.
The.Apollo: Hunt: One you might not like.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Hell, I don't even like it, to be honest.

The.Cincinnati: Wills: Speaking of... I hope he's alright.
The.Cincinnati: Stevens: Yeah, likewise.

The.Apollo: Hunt: But, to avoid worry, have you noticed long pauses when Raven and I are around others?

The.Cincinnati: Wills: He's quite the character to have a round you know?

The.Cincinnati: Mav: To a point, yes.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Well...
The.Apollo: Hunt: Are you familliar with how Nomads communicate?

The.Cincinnati: Wills: Hey, where is that datapad anyway?

The.Cincinnati: Mav: Some form of mental influencing.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Like Telepathy.
The.Apollo: Hunt: With each other.
The.Apollo: Hunt: It's like, how bees work.

The.Cincinnati: Stevens: Which one?

The.Apollo: Hunt: A hive mind, if you will.
The.Apollo: Hunt: It's called the Mindshare.

The.Cincinnati: Wills: the one with the prototypes? I want to take a crack at making one.
The.Cincinnati: Stevens: When we hit the shop I'll bring it with.

The.Cincinnati: Mav: Well, Bees work with scent and pharamones.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: But I get your drift.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Anyways, when a Nomad disconnects from the Mindshare, it dies, or is reduced to an animal-like state of instinct.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Okay... I'm following...
The.Apollo: Hunt: However, there are instances of Nomad's not being disconnected, but being shut out.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Like being exiled.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Exiled. Like, They don't talk to it?
The.Apollo: Hunt: They completely cut it off without killing it. It's like your family shutting you out.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Anyways, this is usually caused when they become Neo-cast, which is a term for free-thinkers.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Opposed to their own kind.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Outcasted nomads.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Well... I met one.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Sapphire introduced me to it a week or so ago.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: WHAT?!

The.Cincinnati: Stevens: There's another yell.

The.Apollo: Hunt: Yeah.
The.Apollo: Hunt: I almost killed it.

The.Cincinnati: Wills: What are they talking about back there?!

The.Apollo: Hunt: I still kind of want to.
The.Apollo: Hunt: But, it's been giving us insight.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: That's... Discerning, Joshua.

The.Apollo: Savitz: Top secret.

The.Apollo: Hunt: I know! I know... That's why I'm telling you now.

The.Cincinnati: Stevens: I would hope so. All we've heard is a few yells from the back.

The.Apollo: Hunt: You haven't killed me yet, so it's obvious you've set your revenge aside and put some faith in me.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Now I'm returning the favor.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Should the time come, I'd be more than happy to.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: But.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: For the good of Sirius, We do as we must.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Well... Apparently.
The.Apollo: Hunt: It invited Saph into what it calls a "minishare". It's like a communication hub, through telepathy.
The.Apollo: Hunt: And... Saph invited me.
The.Apollo: Hunt: I accepted. So.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Basically, Sapphire and I can communicate telepathically.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: WOAH WOAH WOAH
The.Cincinnati: Mav: WHAT IN THE GALLIC ARE YOU THINKING?!

The.Cincinnati: Stevens: That's... not sounding pleasent back there.

The.Apollo: Hunt: I had second thoughts, believe me!

The.Cincinnati: Wills: It's not sounding pretty at all.

The.Apollo: Hunt: I almost killed it a second time.

The.Cincinnati: Stevens: They keep yelling at each other.

The.Apollo: Hunt: But, this gave us a tactical edge.

The.Cincinnati: Wills: All we hear is yelling. Silence. Yelling. Silence.

The.Apollo: Hunt: We now understand how their minds work.

The.Apollo: Savitz: It's a pretty heated discussion.

The.Apollo: Hunt: And, we can manipulate them.
The.Apollo: Hunt: And, for safety, I can disconnect just by activating my implant at any time.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Just... *Sighs* Don't get too far gone where you can't disconnect...

The.Apollo: Savitz: I've got my ears off, but there's a lot of yelling.

The.Cincinnati: Mav: I've seen their Telepathy work. Making pilots do things they don't want to.
The.Apollo: Hunt: It's not that type of telepathy.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Don't worry. That's what those pauses have been.
The.Apollo: Hunt: It's only a communication connection.
The.Apollo: Hunt: We can send words, feelings and memories, but we cant "will" anything.
The.Apollo: Hunt: And, I've got an offer for you.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Are you sure?
The.Apollo: Hunt: I'm positive.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Oh... No... What offer?
The.Apollo: Hunt: Well, in the event you ever become curious, I'd like to offer you a spot in the connection.
The.Apollo: Hunt: Tarlach, the Nomad, can't affect us.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: The hell is a Tarlach?
The.Apollo: Hunt: The Nomad who I met.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: I've been through a lot with Nomads Hunt. I've got a heavy vengence for them.
The.Apollo: Hunt: I know, and so do I. I still don't trust this one, but, the connection is useful.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: You know... Nomad war and all.

There was a pilot nearby. Waiting for someone. She kept sighing periodically. Stevens takes notice and asks Will.

The.Cincinnati: Stevens: Why does she keep sighing?

The.Apollo: Hunt: I wanted you to know, and again, this doesn't leave this room.

The.Cincinnati: Wills: Maybe she needs air. Or to stretch.
Vibrant.Songs: "You try being royal blood..."

The.Apollo: Hunt: Anyways, I've got to relay a comm.
The.Apollo: Hunt: And sleep.

The.Cincinnati: Stevens: You're being a royal pain.

The.Apollo: Hunt: So I'll let you go now.
The.Apollo: Hunt: See you in a few days, Mav'.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Alright. I'll head back to the bridge and brief the crew.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Sleep well.
The.Apollo: *Comm tone.*
The.Cincinnati: *Comm closed from the quarters*

The news was troubling. However Maverick had a mission. Those three days passed. Amy had stopped by periodically to check on Sylus, along with the Crew making regular visits to ensure Sylus' confidence to pull through. He was still roughed up. But The doctor said he'd be back up within the Next two weeks. Sylus comes around to consciousness here and there and Maverick fills him in on the basic plans, He's loaded up onto deck 7 on the Cincinnati, and they make their way to Tau-37. Warhammer is present, along with The Titania, and the Vaults to be escorted over to the Freeport, where they will base themselves for their next move.